health care aide

Education: College/CEGEP.

Asset languages: Mandarin. Cantonese.

Work setting: Urban area. Nursing home/home for the aged.

Tasks:

• Supply and empty bed pans.
• Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
• Serve meal trays and feed patients.
• Weigh, lift, turn and position patients.
• Make beds and maintain patients' rooms.
• Supervise patients' exercise routines.
• Administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas.
• Bathe, dress and groom patients.
• Transport patients in wheelchair or stretcher.
• Answer call signals to determine patients' needs.
• Collect specimens.
• Administer first aid in emergency situations.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• First Aid Certificate.
• CPR Certificate.
• Health Care Aide Certificate.

Security and safety:

• Criminal record check.
• Immunization records.
• Tuberculosis test.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Work under pressure.
• Physically demanding.
• Attention to detail.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.

Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).

Personal suitability:

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Interpersonal awareness.
• Judgement.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

Screening questions:

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
• Do you have experience working in this field?.
• Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.

Employment terms options:

• Early morning.

Other: Use of artificial intelligence.

Employment terms options:

• Evening.
• Shift.
• Morning.
• Night.

Experience: Experience an asset.

Employment terms options:

• Day.
• Weekend.

Health benefits:

• Dental plan.
• Disability benefits.
• Health care plan.

Financial benefits:

• Life insurance.
• Night shift premium.
• Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP).
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).

Long term benefits:

• Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).

Other benefits:

• Team building opportunities.
• Parking available.
• Wellness program.